The Grand Canal

Venice

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October 8th 2010
We left Riomaggiore at 7:30 in the morning, took a train to La Spezia, another to Pisa, another to Florence and then one more to Venice and arrived there at 3:00pm. Doc thinks that he must have been tired when he arrived because he can’t remember his first impression. As an observer, he looked a bit gobsmacked as he walked out onto the piazza in front of the station and saw the canal and vapor ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more